My Thanksgiving

Before leaving town, I went out to dinner with Kraig at an ethiopian restaurant. I was, quite frankly, a wreck. I have anxiety issues, and he’s kinda intimidating. Tall, muscular and very sure of himself. Ugh. He still seems very interested in me, though given how I’ve been acting lately, I can’t figure out why. Anyway.

Then I flew out to middle of nowhere Kentucky the next morning. Well, almost. I got to the gate for my 6:25am flight at 6:23. Door was closed, I didn’t get on. Rebooked for the 10:55 flight. Went back home, found my laptop charger, stuffed it and laptop into bag, and grabbed directions to the veggie restaurant in Louisville, since they would now be open when I landed. Made it to airport, flew to Louisville, without a hitch. Rented car. Found the restaurant easily. Had a free lunch (customer appreciation day, unbeknownst to me). Donated $15 to charity. Drove to lexington (1.5 hours). Picked up a tofurky and other veggie fare from a natural food store.

Drove down to london and got lost. I ended up spending an hour wandering around looking for Dennis’s place. I was actually one road down and across the highway from him like 30 minutes before I actually got to his place by a very different route, though I wouldn’t realize that until I was leaving to return. I spent thanksgiving with my new cousin (whom Dennis says he will teach to call me “uncle”), Dennis, granny, Ana, Ileana, and a few of their relatives. Dennis convinced me to stay, and covered me on my increased car rental costs, yay Dennis. (the ticket price change was chump change by comparison. Yay, Southwest).

I was up late to welcome Susie, Moyce, Abbas, Ali, Asha, Sarah, and Zarah (aunt, uncle and cousins). I schooled my non-blood relatives in scrabble, and was in turn schooled by my blood relatives. Abbas wanted to play scrabble, but got Kevin (our uncle) to pinch hit for him.

I spent the vacation on food, scrabble, and talk. It was good. I regret nothing. =) I was kinda sad to leave at the end. I talked about a wide variety of topics. European history and health care policy with Dennis, biodiesel and Ethanol with Brad, learning spanish and tofurky with lots of relatives. Dennis was quite focused on Vodka pie crust. This is not a typical weekend for me. Hopefully there will be more of the good in future years.